Tangible things : making history through objects / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Sch...
Tangible things : making history through objects / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Sch...
Tangible things : making history through objects / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Schechner, Sarah Anne Carter ; with photographs by Samantha S.B. van Gerbig.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2016/1623
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvii, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface -- Introduction : thinking with things -- 1. Things in place -- Natural history. An orchid : say it with flowers -- Anthropology and archaeology. A glass jar : a surface find in the Semitic Museum -- Books and manuscripts. A papyrus fragment : Plato from the sharp-nosed trash -- Art. A limes...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. 'Tangible things' invites readers to look closely at the things around them, ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the transit of planets across the sky. It argues that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a...
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Full title
Tangible things : making history through objects / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Schechner, Sarah Anne Carter ; with photographs by Samantha S.B. van Gerbig.
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Notes
General note
Outgrowth of an exhibition of objects from the collections of Harvard University, organized in 2011. (Preface)
Companion website available with 406 images, including some items not shown in the book: www.oup.com/us/tangiblethings.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2015.
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Call Numbers
G 2016/1623
Record Identifier
74VKVpQyJN8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpQyJN8b
Other Identifiers
ISBN
019938228X
0199382271
9780199382279
9780199382286
DDC
303.4
MMS ID
991023988306702626
